Mato Grosso & Mato Grosso do Sul
High-quality leatherwork and embroidery by local craftspeople in a couple dozen booths.
Must-see shopping in South America
Montevideo
Woolen goods and other handicrafts from around the country are nicely displayed here.
Bariloche
Local craftspeople display wares of wool, wood, leather, silver and other media here.
Sucre
Gallery shop selling local artists' works, from paintings to ceramics and jewelry.
Plaza de Mercado de Paloquemao
Bogotá
A real-deal, messy Colombian market. Go early on Friday or Sunday – flower days!
Punta del Este
The local branch of Uruguay’s national cooperative, selling fine woolens.
Bariloche & the Lake District
A Mapuche cooperative with high-quality weavings and wood crafts on offer.
Buenos Aires
This music store has an eclectic selection of jazz, blues, salsa and rock.
Amazon Basin
This weekend market is at San Luis de Shuaro 40km from La Merced.
Flamengo & Around
You can't miss the lime-green building that houses this small percussion store and workshop. Inside, you can buy an afoxê (a gourd shaker with beads…
Bogotá
Stocks many Spanish-language guidebooks on Colombia and the full gamut of maps, including the Movistar guía de rutas por Colombia (a color map/guide; COP…
Bogotá
This old building near the Museo del Oro doubles as a kind of colonial-style mall, filled with a convenient and cheerful collection of souvenir stands…
La Boca
In addition to the stalls selling drawings and paintings every day along El Caminito, homemade crafts and tango-themed souvenirs are on offer at this…
Cartagena
A set of several stores in the Old Town offers an excellent selection of brightly hued Colombian handicrafts from all over the country. The salespeople…
Bogotá
A couple of blocks west of Plaza de Bolívar, this craft market is a good spot for cheap touristy and nontouristy buys, including lots of straw hats, T…
Bogotá
Open for nearly 75 years, this classic milliner is the best of the bunch on the block. Mostly felt fedoras and cowboy hats, pressed before your eyes.
Bogotá
This small shop sells all the camping gear you'll need, including tents, which start at COP$390,000, and boots. Also rents.
Flamengo & Around
On Sunday mornings this otherwise sleepy square comes alive with one of the city’s finest markets. Stalls sell art, jewelry, crafted goods and home-cooked…
Gávea, Jardim Botânico & Lagoa
Parceria Carioca stocks clothes, jewelry, accessories and an assortment of ornaments from up-and-coming local designers (especially those from Rio’s…
Bogotá
One of Bogotá’s biggest shopping areas is San Andresito, which spreads over several city blocks. It’s packed with a couple of thousand stalls that have…
Natal
Set in a restored neo-classical building that once served as the city jail, the Centro de Turismo houses a lot of craft and souvenir stalls and offers…
Rio de Janeiro
This small, colorful shop sells chunky, eye-catching necklaces and earrings, along with picture frames and minimalist forms of Pão de Açúcar and Cristo…
São Paulo
This temple to high-end plastic footwear offers bold and unique designs by an international potpourri of creative folk such as Vivienne Westwood, the late…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
While not for everyone, this girly boutique is certainly unlike the more stuffy boutiques on this upscale avenue. Check out the unique sequined T-shirts,…
Puerto Montt
Puerto Montt's best shopping mall, with a cinema and a trampoline park for the kiddies. If you are arriving off the Navimag, you can find ticket offices…
Rio de Janeiro
Musicale has a small but well-curated selection of used CDs (and a few new titles), most of which cost under R$40. Albums run the gamut between samba, MPB…
Chiloé
The Grupo Artesanal Llingua, artisans from the nearby Isla Llingua, host a well-stocked market of crafts, including woven coffee cups, handbags and…
Rio de Janeiro
This good-quality bottle shop in central Copacabana has a small but varied selection of wines from Chile, Argentina, Portugal and Italy. You'll also find…
Fortaleza
Mainly geared to a tourist clientele, the three-story central market has good prices at more than 500 stalls that sell everything from leather bags and…
Northern Highlands
Just downhill from the plaza, visit Café Río Intag, a cooperative coffee factory whose beans are produced by a group of local farmers and artists…
